Cool Thinking Behind Cotton Fever

Nangong, Hebei Province, known as "cotton in the south of Hebei Province", has 2/3 planted in about 900000 mu of arable land.

According to Liang Junping, vice mayor of charge of agriculture in Nangong, in order to improve cotton yield and quality, Nangong and agricultural research institutes are trying to guide cotton growers to grow cotton and increase their income by promoting seedling pplanting, encouraging interplanting and popularizing advanced cultivation techniques.

In addition, measures to strengthen the cotton planting service platform, sales platform and demonstration base have been included in the "12th Five-Year" development plan of the cotton industry in the city.

While doing a good job in cotton cultivation, the local government also encourages the extension of the cotton industry chain, forming a chain of production chain from production, purchase, processing to cotton spinning, bio power generation and cottonseed dephenol-protein extraction, and strives to attract investment from cotton textile enterprises in the field by building cotton plants with advantages of cotton resources.

However, in an interview, reporters learned that the soaring cotton prices did not really benefit cotton farmers, but also made local processing enterprises and cotton spinning enterprises in a dilemma.

At the same time, the problems existing in the development of cotton industry are further highlighted.

"Compared with wheat and other grain crops, cotton planting has high labor input, labor intensity and cost, so the comparative advantage of seed cotton has gradually decreased in recent years."

Liang vice mayor said.

Although the area of Nangong's cotton seed has not shrunk, as a traditional cotton production area, because of the low yield of seed cotton, the majority of the cotton growing people are elderly people. Most of the young people go out to work. This brings hidden trouble to the sustainable development of the local cotton industry.

Meng Qingzhong, a secretary of the village of Daguan Zhuang village, told reporters that compared with the grain crops that enjoy direct subsidy and minimum minimum price protection, the enjoyment of seed cotton is much poorer, with only 15 yuan / mu of good seed subsidy.

In recent years, the prices of agricultural materials and labor have been rising, and the cost of cotton planting has increased. We hope that the state will increase subsidies and effectively protect farmers' enthusiasm for planting cotton.

In addition, the varieties of agricultural insurance need to be improved and refined. If we can introduce insurance varieties that meet the characteristics of cotton planting, we will effectively enhance the enthusiasm of cotton farmers to participate in insurance and protect the interests of cotton farmers.

"Only wind and hail disasters can be claimed at the moment, such as cloudy weather this year, which will have a great impact on cotton harvest, but insurance companies will pay for them."

Lao Meng said.

In addition to factors such as rising costs and increasing risks, there are major problems in cotton planting. First, most cotton farmers still buy agricultural materials from single families. They not only spend more money, but also buy counterfeit and shoddy products easily; two, field management is not scientific, blind use of fertilizers and pesticides leads to waste; three, it is impossible to accurately grasp the market information of cotton, with too many intermediate links and huge profits.

According to Zhao Hongshuang, President of Nangong Cotton Association, the quality and output of cotton are difficult to guarantee because of the miscellaneous cotton varieties and scattered planting.

In the form of specialized cooperatives, farmers should be organized to link up with the market, extend the industrial chain of cotton production, change individual businesses into collective businesses, and do a good job of serial services such as technology, information and materials, so as to effectively protect the interests of farmers and facilitate the industrialization of cotton and realize the organic combination of production and marketing.

However, due to various reasons, the development of cotton professional cooperatives in China is very slow at present, and the number is limited.

In the circulation sector, because cotton prices have been fired this year, what kind of cotton can be sold as long as they sell their hands? Therefore, they can not guarantee separate picking, separate drying, separate storage and sub sale, but also make the sale of mixed grade mixed cotton more serious.

In addition, when some traders were collecting cotton, pressing, weighing and adulteration seriously damaged the interests of cotton farmers and cotton enterprises in two aspects.

For textile and garment enterprises in the middle and lower reaches, cotton prices will bring great risks to the production and operation of enterprises regardless of whether they are rising or falling rapidly, and filling the gap between supply and demand of cotton is the fundamental way to stabilize cotton prices.

The total output of cotton in China is about 7 million tons this year, and the total 1/3 of cotton needs to be imported.

In the case of domestic and international cotton production and prices both rising and exceeding the benchmark price, cotton textile enterprises hope to cancel the cotton slip tax or adopt a lower fixed tax rate.

In addition, timely issuance of quotas for imported cotton quotas is also necessary for easing the gap between supply and demand and stabilizing cotton prices.

Epilogue: in this survey, our reporter learned about some typical and atypical problems in cotton industry by visiting cotton farmers, cotton processing enterprises, cotton textile enterprises, supply and marketing cooperatives, and local government officials in Nangong. From this point of view, we can see the impact and harm caused by the cotton price rise and fall to the production and operation of various links in the cotton industry chain.

As the industry has said, in the short term, it is imperative to reasonably control, curb speculation and stabilize cotton prices. In the long run, scientifically formulating corresponding policies to ensure the healthy development of the cotton industry and solving the contradiction between supply and demand of cotton is the root cause.

To this end, we must strengthen market regulation and severely crack down on speculation.

We should open up various channels to pmit market information so that cotton farmers can get a timely understanding of the actual price of cotton and guide them to rationally judge the market situation.

Two, we need to solve the gap between supply and demand.

On the one hand, we should strengthen infrastructure construction, guide cotton growers to grow cotton scientifically, increase cotton yield and quality, increase subsidies, protect farmers' enthusiasm for planting cotton, and on the other hand, timely and fully issue cotton import quotas to avoid man-made contradiction between supply and demand, and at the same time abolish sliding tax or adopt a lower fixed tax rate to lighten the burden of cotton spinning enterprises.

Three, we should make good use of national cotton reserves, timely control and scientific control.